Texas Senate, District 5

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Texas's 5th
State Senate district
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Senator
  Charles Schwertner
R Georgetown
Demographics59.2%  White
11%  Black
23.6%  Hispanic
6.1%  Asian
Population961,423

District 5 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves Brazos, Freestone, Grimes, Leon, Limestone, Madison, Milam, Robertson, Walker and Williamson counties [1] in the U.S. state of Texas. The current senator from District 5 is Charles Schwertner.

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Election history

Election history of District 5 from 1992. [2]

2018

Texas general election, 2018: Senate District 5
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Charles Schwertner (incumbent) 182,550 55.34 -9.63
Democratic Meg Walsh136,79241.47+10.24
Libertarian Amy Lyons10,5003.18-0.61
Total votes329,842 100.0
Republican hold

2014

Texas general election, 2014: Senate District 5 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Charles Schwertner 112,93064.97-12.16
Democratic Joel Shapiro54,28631.23+31.23
Libertarian Matthew Whittington6,5953.79-19.07
Turnout 173,811

2012

Texas general election, 2012: Senate District 5 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Charles Schwertner 182,55477.13+15.65
Libertarian Jeffrey Fox54,10722.86+18.96
Turnout 236,661
Republican hold

2006

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 5 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Steve Ogden (Incumbent)105,97961.48-25.38
Democratic Stephen Wyman 59,67134.62+34.62
Libertarian Darrell R. Grear 6,7193.90-9.25
Majority46,30826.87-46.84
Turnout 172,36922.59
Republican hold

Previous elections

2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 5 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Steve Ogden (Incumbent)122,11986.86+31.19
Libertarian Randall Barfield 18,48213.14+13.14
Majority103,63773.71+62.38
Turnout 140,601+1.35
Republican hold

1998

Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 5 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Steve Ogden (Incumbent)77,22755.67+0.21
Democratic Mary M. Moore 61,50844.33-0.21
Majority15,71911.33+0.41
Turnout 138,735+262.17
Republican hold

1997

Special election, 1997: Senate District 5, Unexpired term [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Mary M. Moore 17,06244.54-11.45
Republican Steve Ogden 21,24555.46+11.45
Majority4,18310.92-1.06
Turnout 38,307-74.01
Republican gain from Democratic

1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 5 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Jim Turner (Incumbent)82,54155.99-44.01
Republican Jerry T. Thornton 64,87544.01+44.01
Majority17,66611.98-88.02
Turnout 147,416+9.30
Democratic hold

1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 5 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Jim Turner (Incumbent)134,875100.00
Majority134,875100.00
Turnout 134,875
Democratic hold

District officeholders

LegislatureSenator, District 5Counties in District
1 Benjamin Rush Wallace San Augustine, Shelby.
2
3 David Gage Panola, Rusk.
4 M. D. K. Taylor Cass, Titus.
5 Jefferson Weatherford Dallas, Ellis, Tarrant.
6
7 Albert G. Walker
8
9 Jesse H. Parsons Rusk.
10
11 John G. Brown
12 David Webster Flanagan Panola, Rusk.
13
14 Harrison, Rusk.
15 Francis M. Henry Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris.
16 William H. Tilson
17
18 E. A. King Camp, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Hunt.
19 Samuel D. Stinson
20 Samuel D. Stinson
21 John Walter Cranford
22
23 Charles Henderson Yoakum Collin, Hunt.
24 James S. Sherrill
25 James R. Gough
26
27 E. W. Harris
28 Thomas M. Cain Collin, Hunt, Rains.
29 Benjamin F. Looney
30
31 Thomas W. Perkins
32
33 Ed Westbrook
34
35
36
37 Woodville J. Rogers, Jr.
38
39 Henry L. Lewis Grimes, Houston, Leon, Madison, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker.
40
41 Nat Patton
42
43
44 Gordon M. Burns
45
46
47 Clement Fain, Jr.
48
49 Roger A. Knight
50
51 Neveille Colson
52
53 Grimes, Houston, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker.
54
55
56
57
58 Grimes, Houston, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker, Waller.
59
60 William T. "Bill" Moore Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Fayette, Freestone, Grimes, Houston, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Montgomery, Polk, Robertson, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker, Waller.
61
62 Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Fayette, Freestone, Grimes, Houston, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Montgomery, Robertson, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker, Waller.
63 Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Falls, Freestone, Grimes, Houston, Leon, Madison, Montgomery, Polk, Robertson, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker, Waller, Washington, Wharton.
64
65
66
67 Kent A. Caperton
68 All of Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Grimes, Houston, Leon, Madison, Milam, Robertson, Trinity, Walker, Waller, Washington, Wharton.
Portions of Harris, Montgomery, Williamson.
69
70
71
72 Jim Turner
73 Brazos, Burleson, Falls, Freestone, Grimes, Houston, Lee, Leon, Limestone, Madison, Milam, Robertson, Trinity, Walker, Waller, Washington, Williamson.
74 All of Brazos, Burleson, Falls, Freestone, Grimes, Houston, Lee, Leon, Limestone, Madison, Milam, Navarro, Robertson, Trinity, Walker, Waller, Washington.
Portions of McLennan, Williamson.
75 Steve Ogden
76
77
78 Brazos, Burleson, Freestone, Grimes, Houston, Lee, Leon, Limestone, Madison, Milam, Robertson, Trinity, Walker, Williamson.
79
80
81
82 Charles Schwertner 83

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